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PTO Letters of Protest: Is "CYBERLAW" Registrable?

By John L. Welch

In Blawg Review #144, Kevin A. Thompson reports that a Washington, D.C. lawyer named Eric Menhart has filed an application to register the term CYBERLAW as a service mark for various legal services (Serial No. 77341910). Mr. Menhart has been so bold as to send a cease-and-desist letter to another blogger. Many have protested, including Mr. Thompson, whose own blog is called Cyberlaw Central. They believe the term "Cyberlaw" is generic, or at least descriptive, of legal services involving Internet issues.Kevin A. ThompsonJust to throw in my own two cents, I agree with the protesters, and I recommend that each one file a Letter of Protest with the PTO. Several years ago (here), I wrote a posting about Letters of Protest, the supposed "mark" then in question being PODCAST (Serial No...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).